This is supposed to be my introductory page, but I kind of changed
around my corpus a bit, so I’ll have to rewrite this as well. Stay
tuned!
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
In Rainbows
Radiohead 2
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In Rainbows
Radiohead 3
In Rainbows
Radiohead 4
What a poser.
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In the following plots, you’ll be able to see the characteristics of
the music I discovered during the month of April until December. I chose
to convey four attributes that Spotify keeps track of to represent my
music discovery behavior. First off, I chose valence (the musical
positiveness that a track conveys), energy, loudness, and popularity
(determined by several factors, including the number of streams, user
engagement, and how recently the song was released). These attributes
are presented on the x-axis, y-axis, by size, and by color respectively.
I chose these four attributes specifically because, in my opinion, they
are the most closely related to my own emotions during the time that I
discovered a particular song. This way I’ll be able to make meaningful
connections and find possible patterns in my music discovery
behavior.
Wrapped Attributes
Introduction
In due time I will introduce and explain every visualization on this
page. Stay tuned!
March 2022
April 2022
May 2022
June 2022
July 2022
August 2022
September 2022
October 2022
November 2022
December 2022
Chroma Features
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Here you’ll find some Chroma Features and such.
Wrapped Attributes
Just by Radiohead
Timbre Features
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Here you’ll find the Self-Similarity Matrix and Cepstogram of the
track ‘Bodysnatchers’, from the 2007 album ‘In Rainbows’, by Radiohead.
This is a track that is characterized by loud guitars, bass, and hectic
drums. This is represented in the Cepstogram, where the first timbre
component (loudness) is almost entirely colored yellow or green-ish. The
return to blue at around 120 seconds for the third and seventh timbre
component is explained by a relatively calm part of the song. The
loudness of the song is also characterized by the Self-Similarity
Matrix, which is almost entirely dark blue, except for the final few
seconds, where it switches over to yellow. The final few seconds of the
song are complete silence, which contrasts heavily with the loudness of
the previous parts of the song, thus explaining a similar contrast in
the Matrix.